The 2000s have seen a giant leap forward in snowkite-specific technologies, skill levels and participants in every possible snow-covered country. The development of snowkite specific, de-powerable, foil kites have allow snowkiters to explore further and push the limits of windpowered expions. Recent crossings in record times of large snowfields and even Greenland have been accomplished through the use of snowkites.
On the forefront of extreme kiting, dedicated snowkiting communities from Utah to Norway are pushing the freestyle envelope and documenting their efforts through films like Something Stronger and Dimensions by SnowkiteFilm.com and Drift Snowkite Magazine which is available as a digital magazine. The extreme envelope of snowkiting is being pushed by Chasta, a French kiter sponsored by Ozone Kites now based in New Zealand.
Better equipment, safety practices, community know-how and qualified instructors are readily available in many areas, allowing people to learn properly and safely through different means than trial and error. The sport is currently being enjoyed by kiters of all ages and in a wide variety of activities ranging from mellow jaunts on a lake, to kitercross events, from multi-day expions, to flying off mountains, from freestyle jib tricks, to huge cliff jumps.
As a child Dieter Strasilla, inspired by Otto Lilienthal, practiced gliding around Berchtesgaden and in the 1960s he began parapente experiments (also with his brother Udo in USA) in Germany and Switzerland, parachute-skiing in 1972 and later perfected a kiteskiing system using self-made paragliders and a ball-socket swivel allowing the pilot to kitesail upwind or uphill, but also to take off into the air at will, swivelling the body around to face the right way (SKYWING).
In the mid 1980s e.g. some alpine skiers used a rebridled square parachute to ski upwind on a frozen bay in Erie, PA.citation needed Kiteskiers began kiteskiing on many frozen lakes and fields in the US midwest and east coast. Lee Sedgwick and a group of kiteskiers in Erie, PA were early ice/snow kiteskiers. In 1982 Wolf Beringer started developing his shortline Parawing system for skiing and sailing. This was used by several polar expions to kite-ski with sleds, sometimes covering large distances.1 Ted Dougherty began manufacturing 'foils' for kiteskiing and Steve Shapson of Force 10 Foils also began manufacturing 'foils' using two handles to easily control the kite. In the mid 1980's Shapson, while icesailing, took out an old two line kite and tried to ski upwind on a local frozen lake in Wisconsin. Shapson demonstrated the sport of 'kiteskiing' in Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Finland. He also used grass skis to kiteski on grassy fields. Early European kiteskiers were Keith Stewart and Theo Schmidt, who also was among the first to waterski with kites. American Cory Roeseler together with his father William developed a Kiteski system for waterskiing and began winning in windsurf races featuring high following winds, such as in the gorge of the Columbia river. The following terms describe the sport of 'Traction Kiting' or some refer to as 'Power Kiting': Kite buggying, kite skiing, kitesurfing, kiteboarding.
In the late 1990s small groups of French and North American riders started pushing the boundaries of modern freestyle snowkiting. The Semnoz crew from France began hosting events at the Col du Lautaret and other European sites where the mountainous terrain lent itself to "paragliding" down the hills. In North America, riders were mainly riding snow-covered lakes and fields where tricks were being done on the flat ground, jumps, rails and sliders.
ok well i dont believe in god ,but if i did he would be getting an ass kicking right now cos my back has been in pain for the last week. ive finally given in and am hopefully going to the doctor tomorrow. i just get annoyed cos they always say that there is nothing wrong with me ,but evidently there is otherwise i would not be at the surgery! muppets..... anyways , even with my back in pieces, MY HOUSE WON HOUSE MUSIC!!!! and we did that with 'the circle of life' from the lion king believe it or not. it was actually an amazing night. i didnt really feel nervous until right before we had to go on which was great as i somethimes get stage fright. i couldnt do dome of the moves so well cos of my back but i tried my best and we won- the first event in the 5 years that i have been there, so go astell. i felt really happy for the upper sixth astell girls, as although i may not like all of them, the look of pure happiness on their faces made me in turn really happy. i just hope we do this well again next year.
today i went to the knitting and stitching exhibition at alexandra palace with sahira georgina and her mum and it was a really cool day.� the hall may have been a bit hot and stuffy, funniest things was mums running around with babies strapped to their fronts and the obvious lack of men there. i bought quite a few things which always make me happy , when you go home and lay them all out and go 'ohhhhh it all pretty'� a bit like a 5 year old. took some pics that may help in my textiles work, i hope , but it was an overall good day x x x
I�really dislike people these days,
They�walk around and act so�gay!
Lately I've become so edgy,
That I've been acting out rather badly...
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I�watch as he walks by,
Thinking that I would rather go hide...
Because he's still an ass,
With no class...
But who's to blame?
When he cant help but be so lame!
How long does one stay where they know they were not ment to be? How long does one go on missing the one who really loved them and protected them? How long does no trust in anyone last?
Ian sick of the girls fighting, over nothing. one want to be in control while the other wants to prove a point.
Colin off today. Colin got out of work really late.
Parris, Abigail, and I went to the library. Parris had a show to attend on books. Abigail and I got my books I placed on hold by Patricia Cornwell.Then Abigail took off to find her some books. After Parris class we waited till she found some books to check out. It alway like Christmas when you leave, since you can check out thirty-five books each. We stopped by McDonalds and got Abigail and I a soda. Then took Parris to Starbucks. I called Corina she just got back from her brothers trial. The judge saw he had changed and gave him as little as possible. Thank God!!!
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our susan,my sister in law, bought 100 different flower bulbs and she bought some roses. when we go to riley mansion in clifton i love to pull weeds and work in the garden. To me it is so peaceful and fun to get in and get my hands dirty and then see the results when the flowers come up. I must have a hundred photos of flowers by now. I' amso looking forward to doing this. then next spring and summer when we go to visit the flowers will be everywhere and ill be running around ,camera in hand taking photos agin. right around the time of our honeymoon,which we went to yorshire and stayed at riley, i planted some wildflowers in back by a tree. So those also will come up. Our honeymoon was so cool. we went to holforth were the last of the summer wine was filmed. Since then we have been back to yorkshire to skipton castle,and haworth to see where the brontes lived and several other places. but back to gardening however. All the colors of the rainbow will be in these flowers. They just had a new fence done in the back and were planning to put clemetis to grow all over it as well.we plan on going to riley �next tuesday, so god willing the weather will be alright for the planting.
we have been told by her grandaughter that she clings to life, this was a couple of days ago. She floats in and out of conciouenesss. she is dieabetic, and has a one percent chance of survival. �it happened very suddenly and seeminly out of the blue. as far as everyone knew she had no symptoms at all. just bam,and oh my god, nooooo. This has come as a horrible shock to everyone that loves her and knows her.As we wait for news and pray believeing that we will be able to glorify god with this somehow, it is so terribly hard to wait for news.Not �knowing what to do.We are positive the doctors are doing there very best to care for her. �myslef i try to take my mind off of it but i cant really bear the thought of losing my friend.It is just so sudden and unbelievable.
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